Where does “sianmustikka” come from?
sianmustikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish Sika, from Proto-Finnic cika, from Proto-West Germanic tigā — she-goat.
sianmustikka (Finnish): Synonym of variksenmarja
Ancestry of “sianmustikka”, step by step
sianmustikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Sika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Sika | Pig the twelfth animal in the 12-year cycle in Chinese zodiac |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | cika | pig |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | tigā | she-goat |
via Finnish mustikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mustikka | bilberry, "Vaccinium myrtillus"; a common shrub... |
| 2 | Finnish | musta | black; black horse; Elative singular form of... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ntää | Front vowel variant of -ntaa |